At 04:01 AM 11/01/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Rats. It's 2:30 in the morning. I just got a new bookcase, wrestled it into
place, and have spent the last several hours loading photography books into
it. And--of course--they don't all fit. I was hoping I'd have space left
over.
Rats.
--Mike
Books
Are you complaining, or bragging?
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
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From: Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 3:37 AM
Subject: Why is there NEVER enough bookshelf space?
Rats. It's 2:30
Mike Johnston wrote: . And--of course--they don't all fit. I was hoping I'd have
space left over.
My friend Lou never throws anything away which led him to develop 'Lou's Theory':
Every available horizontal surface is soon filled.
Pat Temmerman
[MZ3_fella]
It's because you aren't ruthless enough to throw away or sell old books --
those that are out-of-date or those you haven't really looked at in years.
Marnie,
I know exactly what you mean. But in my photo book collection I know what's
good and what's not, and I tend to want bad books out of the
In a message dated 1/11/2003 2:06:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ha. Yeah, I do that too. The thing is, with most books, the price you can
realize when you sell them is so much less that what it would cost to
replace them, that it often just seems prudent to keep them.
P Temmerman wrote:
Mike Johnston wrote: . And--of course--they don't all fit. I was hoping I'd
have space left over.
My friend Lou never throws anything away which led him to develop 'Lou's Theory':
Every available horizontal surface is soon filled.
Get outta here! Lou's Theory
On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 02:37 AM, Mike Johnston wrote:
Rats. It's 2:30 in the morning. I just got a new bookcase, wrestled it
into
place, and have spent the last several hours loading photography books
into
it. And--of course--they don't all fit. I was hoping I'd have space
left
Are you complaining, or bragging?
Greywolf,
I can't decide. I think both, in just about equal measure. g
It's true I take great pride in my photo book library. It's a constant
source of education and enjoyment. I wish I had the wherewithal to increase
its size more rapidly.
--Mike
My theory is that books have constantly variable width until shelf
space is allocated to them. At that point their width becomes fixed at
n x 1.3. I discovered this after spending a great deal of time
designing and building some permanent bookcases in my study.
Subsequent investigation has
Hi,
Saturday, January 11, 2003, 7:35:00 PM, you wrote:
Are you complaining, or bragging?
Greywolf,
I can't decide. I think both, in just about equal measure. g
It's true I take great pride in my photo book library. It's a constant
source of education and enjoyment. I wish I had the
Nicholas Basbanes tells a story in one of his books of two brothers--I
seem
to remember they were from Brooklyn--who literally died when a mountain of
books in their apartment shifted and crushed them. I can't remember the
whole story, but I for one can believe it. s
--Mike
Its was about a
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